1/8
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1/8 is the abbreviated designation and common nickname for the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1/8 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11435865 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1/8 Context triple: [1st Battalion, 8th Marines, nickname, 1/8]
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A.
1/7
1/7 is the commonly used abbreviation for the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, a renowned infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
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B.
2/1
2/1 is the commonly used shorthand nickname for the U.S. Marine Corps infantry unit 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines.
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C.
808
The 808 is a legendary Roland drum machine whose distinctive synthesized sounds have profoundly shaped hip-hop, electronic, and pop music.
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D.
3/1
3/1 is a battalion-sized infantry unit of the United States Marine Corps that is part of the 1st Marine Division.
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E.
Achtmaal
Achtmaal is a small village in the municipality of Zundert in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1/8 Target entity description: 1/8 is the abbreviated designation and common nickname for the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
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A.
1/7
1/7 is the commonly used abbreviation for the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, a renowned infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
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B.
2/1
2/1 is the commonly used shorthand nickname for the U.S. Marine Corps infantry unit 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines.
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C.
808
The 808 is a legendary Roland drum machine whose distinctive synthesized sounds have profoundly shaped hip-hop, electronic, and pop music.
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D.
3/1
3/1 is a battalion-sized infantry unit of the United States Marine Corps that is part of the 1st Marine Division.
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E.
Achtmaal
Achtmaal is a small village in the municipality of Zundert in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps unit
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infantry battalion ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| branch | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Lebanon conflict (1982–1984) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| formedAs | 1st Battalion, 8th Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison | Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | 1/8 ⓘ |
| hasBattalionNumber | 1st Battalion ⓘ |
| hasNickname | One-Eight ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | 1st Battalion, 8th Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegimentNumber | 8th Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubunit |
Headquarters and Service Company, 1/8
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rifle Company A, 1/8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rifle Company B, 1/8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rifle Company C, 1/8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Weapons Company, 1/8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherCommand |
2nd Marine Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
8th Marine Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ II Marine Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Be Not Afraid ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1983 Beirut barracks bombing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesUnder | United States Department of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
2nd Marine Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
8th Marine Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ II Marine Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver
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repel enemy assault by fire and close combat ⓘ |
| role | ground combat ⓘ |
| service | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranchRole | Marine infantry ⓘ |
| size | battalion ⓘ |
| specialization |
amphibious assault
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expeditionary warfare ⓘ |
| type | infantry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 1/8 Description of subject: 1/8 is the abbreviated designation and common nickname for the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.